Chapters 1-8

Reading Check

1. Minerology (Chapter 1)

2. He burns it. (Chapter 4)

3. Light (Chapter 6)

4. A steeple (Chapter 8)

Short Answer

1. He usually enjoys food, but when obsessed with an intellectual pursuit, he skips meals and won’t allow other members of the household to eat either. (Chapter 2)

2. She encourages him to go. (Chapter 7)

Chapters 9-16

Reading Check

1. Eider-down hunter (Chapter 11)

2. He pays it. (Chapter 14)

Short Answer

1. He identifies with Hamlet because he shares Hamlet’s doubt. (Chapter 9)

2. They sit on their shoulders and knees and crawl between their legs. (Chapter 13)

3. Snæfell is an extinct volcano with a passage to the center of the Earth. (Chapter 16)

Chapters 17-29

Reading Check

1. A star (Chapter 17)

2. Vegetation (Chapter 20)

3. A pickaxe (Chapter 23)

4. Insanity (Chapter 26)

5. The stream (Chapter 26)

Short Answer

1. He tells Hans to tie them into a bundle and throw them into the abyss. (Chapter 17)

2.